Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in that Country, Chiefly in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1856 - 228 sider |
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... according to promise , an account of our safe arrival here , after a pleasant and pros- perous voyage of a week . We sailed from London on Wed- nesday morning the 14th , and we landed on the English Quay at Petersburg on Wednesday the ...
... according to promise , an account of our safe arrival here , after a pleasant and pros- perous voyage of a week . We sailed from London on Wed- nesday morning the 14th , and we landed on the English Quay at Petersburg on Wednesday the ...
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... according to our reckoning , it was the twenty - fifth of July , we heard the thirteenth morning of the month announced from the reading - desk , and instead of having reached , as was the case in England , the fifth Sunday after ...
... according to our reckoning , it was the twenty - fifth of July , we heard the thirteenth morning of the month announced from the reading - desk , and instead of having reached , as was the case in England , the fifth Sunday after ...
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... according to our notions , being other- wise than " in the service . " I should suppose that in no other city of its size are there so many public buildings as in St. Petersburg . One - half of the town is crown property , and consists ...
... according to our notions , being other- wise than " in the service . " I should suppose that in no other city of its size are there so many public buildings as in St. Petersburg . One - half of the town is crown property , and consists ...
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... according to custom , four abreast , with a pair of leaders , the postilion being mounted on the off - horse . We stopped once to bait ; and it was ten o'clock at night before we reached Krasnoe . Here we were most kindly welcomed and ...
... according to custom , four abreast , with a pair of leaders , the postilion being mounted on the off - horse . We stopped once to bait ; and it was ten o'clock at night before we reached Krasnoe . Here we were most kindly welcomed and ...
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... according to a charitable custom extremely prevalent in Russia . I have not made much progress in the Russian language , beyond acquiring the names of a few articles of every - day use . Indeed , strangers , who merely intend to pass a ...
... according to a charitable custom extremely prevalent in Russia . I have not made much progress in the Russian language , beyond acquiring the names of a few articles of every - day use . Indeed , strangers , who merely intend to pass a ...
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